#554F36#554F36

#554F36 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.039 H 96.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554F36
RGB	rgb(85, 79, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 22%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 36.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, -1.90, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 15.81, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% -0.0043 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.039 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2082, 7.7898, 4.6132)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554F36 #363C55

analogous

#554036 #554F36 #4C5536

triadic

#554F36 #36554F #4F3655

tetradic

#554F36 #365540 #363C55 #55364C

square

#554F36 #365540 #363C55 #55364C

split-complementary

#554F36 #364C55 #403655

monochromatic

#13110C #302C1E #554F36 #7A724E #9E9467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#554F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#554F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554F36

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554F36	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 79, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.039 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85806d',
    500: '#554f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554f36;
$custom-light: #85806d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 22.302,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42643,
    "c": 0.03934,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554F36

secondary

#616885

accent

#7ABF69

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554F36

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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